I recently got my hands on a new PC, with reasonably high specs. But, it seems to have a problem with streaming, no matter what kind of streaming it is.

On the livestream procaster interface, it tells me it's only using 30% of my CPU's power, however, it shows it's streaming at 10fps and slows my computer to a crawl, i can't physically draw properly whilst the program is streaming something.

Close any additional unnecessary programs you have open during your stream. Be sure to use the latest beta version 20.3.22 of the software as well. Are you drawing using a graphics tablet and Photoshop?

I apologize for misreading your initial post and overlooking that you're using Windows 8. After further investigation comparing several other products that offer screen capture, and reproducing the drop in frame rate on each program, we have concluded this issue stems from Windows 8 rather than Procaster. We are investigating a solution, however this may take some time.